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Sep. 14, 2018—At AMPATH, they’ve found that helping people means so much more than medical treatment. It’s only when they combine care with nutrition and family support, education, counseling, insurance, jobs and financial independence, and self-sufficiency that they truly change lives for the better. Their partnership is made up of organizations like Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital...

HCA

Sep. 10, 2018—HCA Healthcare is committed to delivering healthcare as it should be: patient-centered and for the good of all people, no matter their circumstance. To achieve this, we must be active; we must be kind. We must work with integrity, share our skills and never stop learning. Exceptional health care is built on a foundation of inclusion, compassion...

American Heart Association

Sep. 10, 2018—The American Heart Association has grown into the nation’s oldest and largest voluntary organization dedicated to fighting heart disease and stroke. A shared focus on cardiovascular health unites our more than 33 million volunteers and supporters as well as our more than 3,400 employees. Heart disease is the No. 1 killer worldwide, and stroke ranks...

The Sycamore Institute

Sep. 10, 2018—The Sycamore Institute exists to help policymakers, the media, and the public understand how complex public policy issues affect Tennesseans. Our work focuses on state budget and fiscal policy, the vast realm of issues related to health and well-being, and the many ways in which they connect. The Sycamore Institute launched in 2015 with a...

Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine

Sep. 10, 2018—The mission of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine is to develop a diverse group of exceptional health leaders, advance and support comprehensive health system strategies, and actively promote policies and practices that will reduce and ultimately eliminate disparities in health.

Region IV Public Health Training Center

Sep. 10, 2018—The Pathways to Practice Scholars program provides an opportunity for current public health students to gain practical experience working with seasoned public health practitioners (mentors) serving or working on behalf of underserved communities or populations. All field placements are intended to enhance a student’s professional skills and knowledge while giving them the opportunity to use...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Huntington’s Disease Center

Sep. 7, 2018—The Vanderbilt Huntington’s and Chorea Clinic offers compassionate, personalized care including family, insurance, and disability support as well as personal and general support groups.

Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center

Sep. 7, 2018—The Vanderbilt Sports Concussion Center (VSCC) provides state-of-the-art comprehensive care for injured athletes of all ages and levels of play. They offer a full range of services for the injured athlete, including visits with a neuropsychologist, neurosurgeon, primary care sports medicine physician, and various exams. Their mission is to provide quality care for athletes with sports related...

Vanderbilt Universtiy Medical Center

Sep. 7, 2018—Managing more than 2 million patient visits each year, Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) is one of the largest academic medical centers in the Southeast, and is the primary resource for specialty and primary care in hundreds of adult and pediatric specialties for patients throughout Tennessee and the Mid-South. Through the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, VUMC is...

Central American Medical Outreach

Sep. 7, 2018—It is impossible to fully understand the scope of everything CAMO is doing in Honduras until you see it with your own eyes. So many lives are touched in one way or another whether it is medical services or just around the community when volunteers from the USA take time out of their lives to...

American Academy of Pediatrics

Sep. 7, 2018—The mission of the American Academy of Pediatrics is to attain optimal physical, mental, and social health and well-being for all infants, children, adolescents and young adults. To accomplish this, AAP supports the professional needs of its members.

The Advisory Board

Sep. 7, 2018—The Advisory Board Consulting and Management office in Nashville, Tennessee, houses their transformational work on physician alignment, accountable care strategy development, physician practice management, and consulting services.

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Vanderbit Head and Neck Cancer Program

Sep. 7, 2018—Head and neck cancers start in the tissues and organs of the head and neck. Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center is nationally recognized for head and neck cancer care and one of the Southeast’s leading cancer treatment centers. Whether it’s early-staged cancer or cancer that is advanced and complex, we provide the expert, personalized care you need. ...

Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability

Sep. 7, 2018—The Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability is dedicated to working for older Tennesseans and adults with disabilities by providing leadership and guidance for a system that promotes health, dignity, independence, and security through an array of community and in-home services, the protection of rights, and the implementation of best practices.

U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Labor, Education and Pensions

Sep. 7, 2018—The committee began in 1869 as the Committee on Education and in 1884 through the mid-1900s it was known as the Education and Labor Committee. In 1999, then Chairman James Jeffords of Vermont, worked to officially name it the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. Today the Committee is led by Lamar Alexander (R-TN)...

Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Emergency Department

Sep. 7, 2018—The Vanderbilt Emergency Department offers 24/7 care to thousands of patients each year. We are Nashvilles only academic medical center with a Level 1 Trauma Center, Burn Center, Stroke Center and Lifeflight service.

MidSouth Practice Transformation Network

Sep. 7, 2018—The MidSouth Practice Transformation Network is a partnership between the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and the Safety Net Consortium of Middle Tennessee. MidSouth engages clinicians across Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas in the process of transformation with the overall goal of providing patients with higher quality care and better clinical outcomes at lower cost through...

CRONICAS

Sep. 7, 2018—The CRONICAS Centre of Excellence in Chronic Diseases is the first specialized research institution in Peru, which focuses on chronic non-communicable diseases research. CRONICAS – Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, operates under Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH), both recognized among the most prestigious research institutions in South America. Established in 2009, CRONICAS aims to contribute to high-quality...

Vanderbilt Movement Disorders Clinic

Sep. 5, 2018—The Movement Disorders Clinic focuses on the evaluation and management of patients with movement disorders. Areas of particular expertise include Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, spasticity, gait disorders and tremor. The Vanderbilt Parkinson’s Disease Clinic has been recognized by the Parkinson’s Foundation as a Center of Excellence.

Vanderbilt Clinics at Walgreens

Sep. 5, 2018—The Vanderbilt Health Clinic at Walgreens offers same-day care with Vanderbilt Health providers in convenient Walgreens locations across Middle Tennessee. Certified nurse practitioners and physician assistants treat minor illnesses seven days a week with extended hours to fit patients schedules.

Diabetes Youth Care

Sep. 5, 2018—In many hospitals in Ghana, adolescents and youth with chronic diseases are usually managed in the same setting as the adults. The age differences between them and the adults also create some cultural barriers. With this, most young people with chronic diseases would either come to the hospital close to closing time or would have...

Georgia Health Policy Center

Sep. 5, 2018—The Georgia Health Policy Center provides evidence-based research, policy analysis, and translational services for communities and decision-makers. Their work connects decision-makers with the objective research and guidance needed to make informed decisions about health policy, financing, and program implementation. Their knowledge draws upon our collective experience from more than 1,000 projects completed for 100-plus diverse...

Healing Trust

Sep. 5, 2018—The Healing Trust was formed from the sale of Baptist Hospital to Ascension Health/St. Thomas Health Services in 2002. Since then, they have given over $79 million in the Middle Tennessee community. Based on the terms of the sale, over $34 million was granted to Baptist Hospital to support a variety of their programs. Programs...

Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation; University of Michigan Medical School

Sep. 5, 2018—IHPI is the nation’s leading university-based institute of health services researchers evaluating how healthcare works and how it can be improved, and advising policy makers to inform change. Their researchers collaborate across dozens of focused teams to improve the quality, safety, equity and affordability of healthcare services. IHPI brings together more than 500 investigators from U-M’s top-ranked schools...

Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital

Sep. 5, 2018—The Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital is located in Kumasi, the Regional Capital of Ashanti Region in Ghana. The road network of the country and commercial nature of Kumasi make the hospital accessible to all the areas that share boundaries with Ashanti Region and others that are further away. Their vision is to become a medical center...

Lantana Consulting Group

Sep. 5, 2018—Lantana Consulting Group provides services and software for standards-based health information exchange. They have built our expertise through more than a decade of involvement in standards development and deployment. They focus on design and implementation of Clinical Document Architecture (CDA) and Fast Healthcare Interoperable Resources (FHIR) compliant systems, including validation, document management, authoring, data conversion,...

Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker Program

Sep. 5, 2018—The Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) Program is a parent-to-parent intervention that targets economically disadvantaged and geographically and/or socially isolated families with children birth to age 3. The program is designed to improve health and child development among these families. MIHOW employs parents from the local community as outreach workers and role models, who...

Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance

Sep. 5, 2018—The Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance develops and supports collaborative initiatives. It has provided opportunities for collaboration between Meharry Medical College and Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and for collaboration with projects in the community. The elimination of health disparities is a major focus of Alliance projects.

MITRE Corporation

Sep. 5, 2018—MITRE is a not-for-profit organization that operates research and development centers sponsored by the federal government. They operate FFRDCs—federally funded research and development centers—which are unique organizations that assist the United States government with scientific research and analysis, development and acquisition and systems engineering and integration. They also have an independent research program that explores new and expanded...

Narus Health

Sep. 5, 2018—Narus Health began as a personal journey and became a business. A journey that began in 2012 as Michael Burcham witnessed, first-hand, the challenges a family member faced as they were battling cancer. He kept thinking ‘there must be a better way.’ At Narus Health, they are all committed to a common purpose – to...

Primero Passos

Sep. 5, 2018—Primeros Pasos aims to improve the quality of life of the rural communities of the Palajunoj Valley of Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, through integrated health education projects and access to medical services. Projects include: Medical and Dental Services Children’s Health Education Women’s Health Education Nutritional Recuperation Educational Scholarships Mobile Clinics Each year we select committed individuals to...

Siloam

Sep. 5, 2018—Siloam Family Health Center began as a tiny, volunteer-driven, primary care clinic in the Edgehill neighborhood. Today it is a vibrant, health ministry with a beautiful 12,000 square foot facility, a staff of 36, over 300 volunteers, dozens of collaborating partners, and roughly 5,000 individual patients who come from all over Middle Tennessee. As a...

TennCare

Sep. 5, 2018—TennCare is the state of Tennessee’s Medicaid program that provides health care for approximately 1.4 million Tennesseans and operates with an annual budget of approximately $12 billion. TennCare members are primarily low-income pregnant women, children and individuals who are elderly or have a disability. TennCare covers approximately 20 percent of the state’s population, 50 percent of the state’s births, and 50...

Veteren’s Affairs, TN Valley Healthcare System

Sep. 5, 2018—At the Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, they strive to be only the best! Working with and for America’s veterans is a privilege, and they pride themselves on the quality of care they provide. By working for the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the Nation, you’ll have access to a wider range...

Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital

Sep. 5, 2018—Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt is one of the nation’s leading children’s hospitals. They treat and help prevent all health issues ranging from colds and broken bones to heart disease and cancer. The world-class facilities at Children’s Hospital are a testament to the community’s dedication to the health of children. Constructed in 2004,...

Catholic Medical Mission Board

Aug. 27, 2018—The CMMB is an international, faith-based NGO providing long-term, co-operative, medical and development aid to communities affected by poverty and unequal access to healthcare. For over a century, they have worked to strengthen and support communities through healthcare programs and initiatives, the distribution of medicines and medical supplies, and the placement of volunteers. As part...

Mid-South Practice Transformation Network

Jul. 27, 2016—The MidSouth Practice Transformation Network is a partnership between the Vanderbilt Health Affiliated Network, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, and the Safety Net Consortium of Middle Tennessee. MidSouth engages clinicians across Tennessee, Mississippi, and Arkansas in the process of transformation with the overall goal of providing patients with higher quality care and better clinical outcomes at lower cost...

Carter Center

Nov. 6, 2015—The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide. A nongovernmental organization, the Center has helped to improve life for people in more than 80 countries by resolving conflicts; advancing democracy, human rights, and economic opportunity;...